A monthly Forum sponsored by the Jefferson School of Population Health designed to impart cutting-edge information on population health, public health, quality and safety, and chronic disease management. Presented by regional thought leaders, the Forums provide a venue to discuss and explore the broad health policy issues affecting health care today. The Health Policy Forums are appropriate for Thomas Jefferson University students, faculty, and staff; health care professionals, administrators, and advocates; public policy analysts; and community health leaders.

Podcasts from 2012

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The Challenges of Health Reporting, Taunya English and Maiken Scott

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Changing Patient and Physician Behavior: Moving Toward Informed and Shared Decision-Making, Ronald E. Myers, PhD, DSW

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Achieving Population Health: What Evidence Will We Need?, Lisa Simpson, MB, BCH, MPH, FAAP

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Center for Value in Healthcare: Translating Research into Policy and Practice, Panel Presentations moderated by Mark W. Legnini, DrPH

Podcasts from 2011

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Reconsidering Law and Policy Debates: A Public Health Perspective, John Culhane, JD

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Implications of the Patient Centered Medical Home Concept for Health Professionals Training Program, Michael S. Barr, MD, MBA, FACP

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Health in All Policies: (How) Can We Make it Work?, Shiriki Kumanykia, PhD, MPH

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A Decade After 9/11, Are We Any Better Prepared for Public Health Emergencies?, Michael A. Stoto, PhD

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Personalized Medicine: Transforming the Future of Health Care, Wayne Rosenkras, PhD

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Betting on Bending the Cost Curve, Mark Pauly, PhD

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Public Health Law Research: Making the Case for Laws to Improve Health, Scott Burris, JD

Podcasts from 2010

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Transformative Technology Applications in Healthcare, Peter Raymond

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Breaking the Language Barrier: Health Care Quality, Efficiency and Savings Through Professional Medical Interpretation, Winnie Heh, MA

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Get Healthy Philly: Policy and System Change to Promote Healthy Eating, Active Living, and Tobacco, Giridhar Mallya, MD, MSHP

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Addressing Population Health Through Interdisciplinary Collaborations, Tim Gibbs

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Physician Leadership and Medical Group Performance: A National Study, Louisa Baxter, MD, Msc, MRCP (UK)

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Consumer Health Informatics and Healthcare Disparities- 4/14/2010, Michael C. Gibbons, MD, MPH.

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How Pennsylvania’s Budget Shapes Service Delivery - 3/10/2010, Kenneth J. Braithwaite, II and Laval Miller-Wilson

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Healthcare Reform: Future Implications and the Role of the Physician Advocate - 1/13/10, Valerie Arkoosh, MD President-elect, National Physicians Alliance Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology and Critical Care and Professor of Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology

Podcasts from 2009

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Achieving Cultural Competency: Using a Case-Based Approach for Teaching and Learning -12/9/09, Lisa Hark, PhD, RD and Horace M. De Lisser, MD

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Building Patient Centered Medical Homes in America’s Poorest City -11/11/09, Jeffrey Brenner, MD

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Philadelphia’s Public Health Priorities and Initiatives: Implications for Improving the Health of Vulnerable Populations -10/14/09, Donald Schwarz, MD, MPH

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Innovative Approaches to Medical Education-9/9/09, M. Brownell Anderson

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Patient Friendly Billing: Increasing Transparency -6/10/2009, Michael Brennan

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Progress in Patient Safety Initiatives-5/13/2009, Mike Doering

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The Impact of Serious Medication Errors for Health Care Providers-4/8/2009, Zane R. Wolf, PhD, FAAN

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The Public-Private Balance in Healthcare: Political and Economic Tipping Points-3/11/2009, Alan Lyles, ScD, MD

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Public Policy and Cardiovascular Disease: Making the Connection-2/11/2009, Timothy Gardner, MD

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BeWell.com-The Value of Social Media in Health Communication-1/14/2009, Cheryl Heiks

Podcasts from 2008

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Jefferson Center for Interprofessional Education-12/10/2008, Christine Arenson, MD and Molly Rose, RN, PhD

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Women's Wellness Guide-11/5/2008, Leslie Stiles

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Assessing physician performance: challenges and opportunities-10/8/2008, Louis H. Diamond, MD

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What language are you speaking? Why patient communication is a patient safety issue-9/10/2008, Mario Moussa, PhD, MBA

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Value-Based Purchasing and the CMS 2008 Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PRQI) -06/11/2008, Barbara J. Connors, DO, MPH

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The Barker Hypothesis-05/14/2008, Steven Snyder MD

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The World of Healthcare/Pharma Blogging-04/09/2008, Ed Silverman

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MedMining and Electronic Health Record Data-2/13/2008, James Peters MBA

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Building a Comprehensive Health Database for Use in City-Wide Health Management System-01/09/2008, Jeffrey Brenner MD